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In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
